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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1997)
ju st out ▼ n o v m b o f 2 1 , 1 0 9 7 ▼ 2 3 It *4 My 4258 SE Hawthorne* t may seem like El Niño and the Heat Miser are in cahoots to pre- JL vent the holidays, but what does weather have to do with holiday cheer? We’ll likely get buckets more rain before the first snowfall. So let it rain, let it rain, let it rain. In the meantime, we’ll go to festive parties. We’ll bake obscene cookies. And we’ll go shop ping! Gift-giving for the winter holidays, whether it be Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Christmas, Solstice or the New Year, is so much more involved than for any other annual occasion. Anniversaries, birth days and Valentine's Day can’t hold a candle— they can all squeak by as one-gift affairs. With luck, you've planned reasonably and know you won't be able to save a cent of that Xmas bonus. You're prepared for a coworker to propose "secret Santas." And you know that no matter how emphatically you and your spouse have decided on low-key gifts this year, you'd damn well better have your bases covered— just in case a little something extra shows up under the tree with your name on it. Here are a dozen suggestions (and reason to wonder who on earth could handle 12 days of Christmas). 236-0505 Gifts Çifts # it Books, Jewelry, Sex Toys, Candles and Much More, including our excellent selection of 1998 calendars Featuring On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: twelve cakes so creamy, eleven waxy candles, ten N ew Age crystals, nine virile vitamins, eight gal-made tables, seven shiny C D s, (six o f them D iFranco), five dirty books, four teasing toys, three Goosey glasses, two tandem trikes and her posing in a portrait. Today’s Out Look® A daily entertaining presentation of facts and trivia that explore the social, political and historical forces that have shaped gay and lesbian life. *Psst: don’t forget we’re moving in Jan. __________________________________ ■ M That's right, kids, fruitcakes are for fruitcakes. So why not give the gift of smut this year? At CounterMedia, we’ve got all the stuff any per vert could want, including: □ every smutty photo book in print, includ ing Bruno Gmunder’s latest sizzlers, Tales and Straight Boys ($39.95 each) □ the blockbuster book of 1997, The Com - plete Reprint o f Physique Pictorial ($49.99) □ vintage photos and magazines from the 50s and 60s ($9.00 to $60.00) □ heaps upon smoldering heaps of filthy an books, novels and how-to books Plus, of course, the usual hard-to-find magazines (alw ays 20% off). CounterMedia: One-stop shopping for Portland’s depraved! 927 SW Oak (half a block from Powell’s). 10-7 M-Sat, 11-6 Sun. H Cßvenfru Cycle (t\ W orks 8E THE BIST YOU CAN BE Give the Gift of Good Health! Holiday Shopping for the Bicycle Enthusiast on Your List. Helmets Gloves Lights Locks Rainwear Stocking Stuffers 2025 SE Hawthorne 230-7723 g, Women's D aily V itamin S ystem COMPLETE The perfect supplement for health conscious indi viduals living in today's fast-paced world. Fat Gift Certificates! Open Tuesday-Sunday HE* Also Available Kick M etabolic R egulator M a x im u m E nergy BURNER START For your gift list —or for yourself! H ealth B asics 503-771-0990 Please call Donna for complete details a WOMAN-OWNED C c
